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Joe Paterno

admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:07:58 +0000

Joe Paterno was the head coach of the Penn State Nittany Lions from 1966 through 2011. He was commonly referred to as “JoePa”.

He is considered the winningest coach in college football, holding the record for the most victories by an NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) football coach with 409 wins.

A legend among football fans, Paterno’s reputation was severely tarnished in 2011, when he was involved in a huge, widely-publicized scandal at Penn State regarding an assistant coach, Jerry Sandusky’s child sex charges.

Sarah Burke

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:05:28 +0000

Burke was a Canadain freestyle skier, and a pioneer of the superpipe event. She was a four-time Winter X Games gold medalist, and was the halfpipe world champion in 2005. She lobbied the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to have the event added to the Winter Olympics for the 2014 games. She was considered the favorite for the event.

Sean Collins

admin — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:24:09 +0000

Sean Collins was a famous surfer and the founder of Surfline. Surfline originated as a surfing hotline, but eventually became one of the most popular surfing sites on the web.

Collins had a background in meteorology, which he applied to the needs of surfers, which was presumably a big part of what made his company successful.

Derek Boogaard

admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 02:46:58 +0000

Boogaard was a former professional NHL hockey player, who played for the Minnesota Wild and the New York Rangers. In 2007 Boogaard was named the second most intimidating player in the NHL, behind Georges Laraque.

Joe Frazier

admin — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 14:46:06 +0000

Frazier, also known as “Smokin’ Joe”, was a former Olympic and Heavyweight boxing champion. His professional career lasted from 1965 – 1976, with a comeback in 1981.

During the late 1960s Frazier emerged as the top contender, defeating the likes of Jerry Quarry, Oscar Bonavena, Buster Mathis, Eddie Machen, Doug Jones, George Chuvalo and Jimmy Ellis which in turn he became the undisputed heavyweight champion in 1970.

Dan Wheldon

admin — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:46:12 +0000

Wheldon was a race car driver for the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series. He won the Indianapolis 500 in 2005 and 2011.

Al Davis

admin — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 17:04:40 +0000

Al Davis was the owner of the American football team the Oakland Raiders. It would be hard to sum up the Al Davis legacy any better than the official Raiders site itself:

An unyielding total commitment to excellence has marked the three-time World Champion Raiders monumental rise during the last 48 years to the very top of the professional sports world.

In these memorable 48 years, the Raiders have had 28 winning seasons, including 16 in a row from 1965 through the 1980 World Championship season. In 34 of those seasons, the Raiders earned a record of .500 or better. Al Davis’ six-decade professional football story, from assistant coach of the Chargers, to head coach and general manager of the Raiders, to Commissioner of the American Football League and finally to principal owner and president of the general partner of The Oakland Raiders — is a standard that no one in the history of professional football can match for winning and excellence.

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Orlando Brown

admin — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 21:06:40 +0000

Brown was a professional football player who played for both the Cleveland Browns and the Baltimore Ravens. Orlando “Zeus” Brown retired in 2005 and spent his post-football years franchising restaurants.

Mike Flanagan

admin — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:15:04 +0000

Flanagan was a major league pitcher who spent the better part of his career with the Baltimore Orioles. In 1979 he won the American League Cy Young Award, and was also a World Series Champion in 1983. During his later years he spent a few years with the Toronto Blue Jays, but eventually wound up back with the Baltimore Orioles. Near the end of his career he contributed to the most recent no-hitter thrown by the club, and also has the distinction of being the last Orioles pitcher to appear at Memorial Stadium.

Bubba Smith

admin — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:13:44 +0000

Smith was a former athlete turned actor who is probably best known for his role of Moses Hightower in the comedy series Police Academy. He played his collegiate football at Michigan State, where he would go on to be the first pick in the 1967 draft.

During his NFL career Smith played for three different teams: Colts, Raiders, and Oilers. Smith won his only Super Bowl with the Baltimore Colts, but he swore to never wear his ring as it was seen as a “sloppy” game by the massess.

After his playing days were over he moved to acting, he had parts in: Police Academy, Married… with Children, Blue Thunder, Tales of the Gold Monkey, and even showed up on Good Times.